An important part of writing a successful grant proposal is developing a budget that
clearly expresses the cost of your research project. Where do you begin when creating
your budget? For example, do you plan to hire students, purchase supplies, rent space,
or attend conferences? How will these costs affect your proposed budget? This workshop
will be a step-by-step primer on the components of a proposal budget and how best
to build a budget in response to a request for proposal (RFP). Each of the major line
items in a typical budget will be discussed in detail. Important topics such as salaries,
cost-sharing, facilities and administrative costs, and allowable costs will be addressed.

Come meet colleagues at this fast-paced mixer that will introduce you to the amazing
variety of expertise and research activities of the SJSU faculty and staff. You will
have the opportunity to have brief one-on-one discussions about your research interests
and efforts with most attendees in timed intervals. Near the end of the workshop there
will be additional opportunity to have longer discussions with potential collaborators
to set the stage for moving forward with your successful colleague collaboration connections
from there.

April 23 - Grant Development Workshop

Location: MLK Library, Room 255/257Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Come to this hands-on workshop prepared to work on one or more sections of your in-progress
proposal or to get started on one. Regardless of your proposal development stage -
whether you are needing to learn how to read proposal guidelines, getting started
with the help of grant-writing assistance, or receiving peer review edits of what
you have written, you will have the opportunity to receive targeted assistance. Because
of the nature of this workshop attendance is limited to the first 15 participants
to RSVP. Additional RSVPs will be placed on a waiting list for the workshop to be
repeated as needed. Please also RSVP if you have grant writing or grant development
experience and would like to volunteer to be a mentor at the workshop. Additional
volunteers may allow us to increase the attendance limit.

SJSU and SJSU Research Foundation administrators will provide clarification and updates
on important compliance issues related to external funding for research, training,
and community service programs. Discussion will include changes to federal compliance
as a result of the new federal Uniform Guidance 2-CFR-200, as well as Responsible
Conduct of Research (RCR), Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI), Institutional Animal
Care and Use Committee (IACUC), and Institutional Review Board (IRB).